Excavations at a Pottery Neolithic site in northern Jordan, about 6200 BC

What is it about?

Reports on recent excavations at an unusual, small site in an inhospitable valley that drains into the Jordan Valley, where there is evidence for multiple phases of occupation during the Pottery Neolithic, with architkecture, figurines, pottery, and stone tools, but virtually no animal bones.

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Why is it important?

This is the only site of this type known in this part of Jordan, even though it's within 25 km of some well known and large settlement sites of the same period in northern Israel, such as Sha'ar Hagolan. The function of the site is currently unknown, even though it contains multiple substantial buildings as well as a lot of pits.